Who knew that people spend months/years developing fonts by hand? Not me! Never once have I thought about a font being anything but a computer-generated style of writing. There must be a very small population with this particular skill set! It sounds like very tedious work. I am detail-oriented for sure, but this would put me over the edge.
Not only did I not know that people develop fonts by hand - and have them critiqued by font specialists - but I had never heard of STO. I have read so many books about World War II - fiction, non-fiction, historical fiction - but I have never read a book about the French men that were forced laborers in Germany at such major companies such as Daimler, BMW, Siemens, Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, Kodak and Hugo Boss, to name a few. They were forced to leave their families in France to "work" in Germany, yet their accommodations, food, clothing were only marginally better than the prisoners at the concentration camps. They were promised leaves that never happened. They could be sent to one of the "extermination camps" at any time for any infraction. Since they were living in Germany, they were bombed by the allies toward the end of the war. It's incredible that some of them survived.
The perseverance of Carolyn Porter to find out whether Marcel survived the war was pretty amazing. Even more amazing was the network of people that formed around her in this mission to find Marcel and his family. This ten year project resulted in some pretty awesome discoveries - and friendships. (As a side note, her husband was extremely patient during this process - and I loved how much they loved their dogs!)
In the end, this is a love story between Marcel and Renee. I am happy that Carolyn and Aaron got to meet their daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren - although I am sad that there is a rift in the family. Hopefully that will be mended. They all seemed like wonderful, caring, loving people.
I will now be on the lookout for the P22 Marcel Script! I still don't understand what "kerning" is, but I hope Carolyn is satisfied with her development of this skill. ;)
Wendy's Rating: ****
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